But why am I not super-elated? Because while my problems have gone
down in number with this event, my exwife (and thus our kid) are wading through
serious shit at this moment :-(

Their vacation here was pretty good, busy but we've had a lot of fun
(and I'll post some pictures in a few days), but now their life in the
US is blowing up into their faces big time. First they bought a house
in Philadelphia, which was expected to be a renovation job, but it turned out
that the renovation required was way beyond their expectations. Of course they
ran out of money badly with this discovery. Then they
had to move out of their old apartment, but not being able to use the house
yet as it's a construction desaster zone right now. So they moved to a place outside town which belongs to relatives of the ex's partner. And latest news as
of this morning was that that partner is losing it badly, and has chucked them
out onto the street in the middle of the night 8-(

Now I can't do anything to help them from here. But worry I can and do...
(There must be some reasonable people out there, but the ex
apparently always picks the wrong guys...like me, a long time ago).

...merely really busy, so here's a short heads-up.
I just gave the second draft of my PhD thesis to my supervisor,
final submission is on the 31st; the (ex-)family is currently visiting me
and we'll drive to Fraser Island or Sydney tomorrow (not clear yet which
first), and things are generally jam-packed. Not a bad situation, mind you,
just a bit...much so I don't think I'll be writing anything for this
website before the end of the month.